FDA warns against unwholesome foods as festive season approaches
By: Razak Baba As the Christmas festivities gradually approaches, the Food and Drugs Authority, FDA has warned consumers to be wary of the kind of food products being bought in the open market. This is because some wholesalers and retailers sell unwholesome products to unsuspecting consumers during such festive seasons, which can be harmful to […]
Parliamentarians in Ghana advocate less sittings over escalating transportation costs
By Dominic Hlordzi Some Members of Parliament are proposing a reduction in sitting days in a week to mitigate the impact of the ever-rising prices of fuel on them. They now want to go to Parliament twice a week so they can cut fuel costs. The MP for Asuogyaman, Thomas Ampem Nyarko, who complained about […]
Lawyer Sosu seeks amendment to Armed Forces Act, 1962 (Act 105) via Private Members’ bill
By Edzorna Francis Mensah Lawyer Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu, NDC Member of Parliament for Madina Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, is pursuing an amendment to the Armed Forces Act, 1962 (Act 105) through a Private Members’ bill to substitute the penalty of life imprisonment for the death penalty and to provide for related matters. The […]
Accra hosts Africa Oil Spill Response Preparedness Conference
By Dominic Hlordzi The ninth Regional Conference of the Global Initiative for West, Central, and Southern Africa has opened in Accra. The event is under the theme, “Oil Spill Response Preparedness in West, Central, and Southern Africa: GI WACAF project, 16 years of success”. The main objectives of the conference are to address the challenges […]
Oti residents elated about discovery of iron ore in commercial quantities
SOURCE: GNA Some residents of the Oti Region are elated about the discovery of Iron Ore deposits in commercial quantities there, hoping it would change their economic situation for the better. Scores of market women and students, who spoke to the Ghana News Agency, while on board the pontoon across the Oti River to Kete-Krachi, […]
100 Years of Evangelistic, Ecclesiastical Work in Asante; The Past, Present, Future
By: Nicholas Osei -Wusu The Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kyeremateng, says the government’s pre-occupation now is finding a pragmatic solution for the prevailing national economic crisis, having admitted the seriousness of the problem. According to him, government considers a way out of the problem to be physical and spiritual assuring that, the […]
Foreign Affairs Minister calls for adequate funding to address conflict and terrorism in Africa
By: Hannah Dadzie The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has asked the UN Security Council to ensure there is funding across the peace continuum if they are to achieve any measure of success in addressing the protracted and complex of conflicts presently confront.Speaking at a high-level open debate of the […]
Tanzania to hold funeral service for plane crash victims
SOURCE: BBC NEWS Tanzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa will on Monday, November 7, 2022 lead mourners in paying their respects at a funeral service for 19 people killed after a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania. The plane crashed on Sunday morning near the shore at the end of the Bukoba airport runway. Of the […]
Tanzanian Precision Air plane crashes into Lake Victoria
SOURCE: BBC NEWS A Tanzanian passenger plane has crashed into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba, killing at least 19 people. Of the 43 people on board there were 24 survivors, according to operator Precision Air. The two pilots initially survived and managed to speak to local officials […]
